Flight Reliability
AA 5897 · American Airlines
SBY → Charlotte (SBY–CLT)
83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 82%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 13 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.8%
- Cancelled
- 12 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 363 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Thursdays have been rough.
AA 5897 arrived on time 92% of the time on Sundays and just 72% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit ahead of the American Airlines network.
AA 5897 arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.
The breakdown
- Mon73%(51 flights)
- Tue88%(50 flights)
- Wed79%(52 flights)
- Thu72%(50 flights)
- Fri85%(52 flights)
- Sat89%(52 flights)
- Sun92%(50 flights)
90%
May
Jun 79% → May 90% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 79% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 74% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 77% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 83% | 29 |
| October 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 81% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 83% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 89% | 26 |
| March 2026 | 69% | 29 |
| April 2026 | 87% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 90% | 30 |
- Departures on time
- 83%
- Diverted
- 0.8%
- Flights flown
- 357
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 363 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.